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Rutkowski Announces New Health Service for Buffalo’s East Side
Gov. Cuomo Urges Eligible Seniors to Enroll In EPICStarting this montn,
residents of Buffalo's East Side will be able to take advantage of free health services offered through a county outreach program, it was announced Monday by Erie County Executive Edward J. Rutkowski.
According to Rutkowski, workers from the Healthy Neighborhood Project'' will be traveling door to door in the area bounded by Delavan, Main St., Humboldt Pkwy., Sherman and Virginia Sts
"County personnel will be providing, at no charge, such services as high blood pressure screening, home safety checks, and rodent baiting among many others," Rutkowski said.
They also will survey residents to identify health and environmental problems. Referrals are written for medical and dental care, trash removal, home safety, plumbing New Health Service [Continued On Page 2]
Governor Mario M. Cuomo is urging all eligible senior citizens to enroll in the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program, which began on Oct. 1st, to pay approximately 60 percent of participating senior citizens' drug costs.
" I am pleased that, within nine months of becoming law. this complex, far-reaching program is ready to help needy senior citizens," Governor Cuomo said. "EPIC will keep thousands of senior citizens from having to compromise on their prescribed medication because of financial considerations."
The EPIC Program was signed into law by Governor Cuomo in January 1987 and began enrolling members in July. It is expected that as many as500.000 seniors will enroll in the program. More than25.000 applications have been received, and the rate of applications has been steadily increasing
We are constantly evaluating enrollment trends to determine the most effective ways to reach the
diverse population EPIC will benefit,” Health Commissioner and EPIC Panel Chairman, Dr. David Axelrod said. “ As we identify barriers to enrollment, we will be devising new srategies to make certain all those who should benefit from the program, do benefit."
An extensive outreach effort has been underway both to enroll seniors and to train community aging service providers to aid in enrollment efforts. EPIC s staff of outreach trainers has trained more than 3,000 providers and 600 pharmacists to assist potential enrollees In addition, the staff has provided information and enrollment assistance to 1,600 seniors.
More than 48.000 telephone and written inquiries have been received and answered and almost 200.000 letters have been sent to persons around the state who are believed to be eligible for the program
As of October 1, enrolled seniors can go to a
participating pharmacy, present their prescription and EPIC card and make only a copayment ranging from $3 to $15, depending on the cost of the drug.
Single New York State residents aged 65 or older, with income below $15,000 and couples with joint income below $20,000. are eligible for EPIC. EPIC is a cost-sharing program with premium payments or deductibles as well as copayments for each prescription. Overall, the program assumes about 60 percent of the cost of a senior's prescription.
Enrollment applications are available in most of the State's 4,500 pharmacies, the offices of State Legislators, and area Offices of the Aging and their affiliates.
Enrollment applications and information are also available by writing to EPIC, Corning Tower, Fourth Floor. Albany, N Y 12237, or by calling, toll-free. 1-800-332-EPIC.
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U/B to Assist In College Day Event
Funds Targeted For Inner City Youth Drug PreventionJoining County Executive Edward Rutkowski.
center, for the announcement of the M A D. program were a number of Pastors including: Rev Herbert V. Reid, of Gethsemane Baptist Church; Rev Will Brown, of New Covenant United Church of Christ. Rev H. D Holloway, of Pilgrim Baptist Church: and Bishop LeRoy R Anderson, of the Prince of Peace Church Of God In Christ.
Also present were: Rev. L. Roy Day. of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Rev Yusef Ahmed, of Metropolitan United Methodist Church. Bro Ted: Rev John Hilliard. Jr.; of Humboldt Parkway Baptist Church; Rev W L Jones, of Mt Ararat Baptist Church and the Rev Ivery Daniels, of White Rock Baptist Church
John A Johnson. Commissioner of the County's Youth Services unit, also attended the announcement.
Funding for a new program to curb drug use by inner city youth was proposed by Erie County
Executive. Edward J Rutkowski, in his 1988 Eecu- tive budget proposal
According to Rutkowski.
at a press conference in his office, he is seeking a $150,000 appropriation for Ministers Against Drugs
(M A D ), an interdenominational organization of religious leaders which M A D. — See Pg 7
Computer Training SessionMary Thomas, left. President of Computer Spirit
Graphics, Inc., located at the Langston Hughes Institute, 25 High St. and her staff, conducted a five-day training workshop at the Department of Labor, 220 Delaware Ave. Seventeen staff members of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor were trained on the IBM and IBM compatible microcomputers in the use of the Lotus and WordPerfect Software.
Three of the participants, from left are: Eugene K Thomas, Area Director; Clara Johnson, Module Chief; and Garland Sweeney, Module Chief, are shown receiving their certificates of completion for the five-day workshop.
Computer Spirit Graphics, a three-year-old minority owned computer sales and consultant
company, will conduct Lotus and WordPerfect workshops every Saturday from 10 a.m., to 1 p.m.
With the Lotus program, an individual will learn to create, edit and print a spreadsheet, use business formulas and "what if" analysis. Learning of the WordPerfect program will enable a person to easily turn their word processing program into an electronic typewriter.
Workshops will be conducted by qualified instructors who can instruct an individual on how to adapt these programs to fit their needs
Computer Spirit Graphics invites you to come and grow in the knowledge and use of the computer. For registration and/or further information, call Mary Thomas or Ida Barr, at 881-6706 between 9:30 a.m., and 7 p.m.
Dr. Daniel Cara Selected For Post At Buffalo General Hospital
Daniel S. Carara, M. D.,F A C.P., has been named clinical director of Gastroenterology, Hepatologyand Nutrition, and head ofthp LabwatoHryat the Buffalo General Hospital.
His appointment was announced by Robert Scheig. M D., head of Buffalo General's Dept, of Medicine, and Milton C. Wiser, M D., chief of Gastroenterology
For the last two years, Dr. Camara was a member of the Gastroenterology Division, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, in Chicago, III. From 1977 to 1985. he was director of the Gastrointestinal Unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Buffalo.
In addition to his new appointments, he also is an associate professor of medicine in the State University ot New York at Buffalo School of Medicine.
His responsibilities include administration of the clinical gastroenterology service including clinical training of medical students, house officers and G. I. fellows. He said he hopes to establish important clinical research protects at Buffalo General.
“ I hope to expand and enhance the services of the endoscopy laboratory and introduce new areas of expertise, Dr Camara said. "By November of this year, theG. I. Lab will have a state-of-the-art esophageal motility laboratory that will assist physicians in the diagnosis of non-cardiac chest pain.”
Dr Camara said that nearly 20 percent of individuals undergoing because of chest pain, have shown near-normal coronary arteries.
Esophageal spasm or acid reflux in the esophagus, can often mimic cardiac chest pain, esophageal motility testing can assist in the accurate assessment of chest discomfort.
Dr Camara added that he will be conducting joint gastrointestinal research with Hector Nava, M . D., head of the Endoscopy Service at Roswell Park Memorial Institute.
Fourth Annual Affair Expects to
Draw 2,000 Local StudentsSome 2,000 Buffalo high
school students and representatives -from 200 colleges and universities around the nation will
nt me i*t»urm Annual College Day, to be held Monday. Oct. 26th. at the Buffalo Convention Center
Sponsors of the event are area educational institutions including the State university of New York at Buffalo, the Community Action Organization, the Buffalo Board of Education and Erie County Office of Child and Family
Services.I Co-Chairmen of the
event are Drexel Gidney, Canisius College, and Bernadette Corocoran. of the £Li1fcnu (JUdtu ot Education.
College Day, an event which has grown throughout its short history, is designed to acquaint high school students with the programs, requirements and financial aid offered by colleges and universities
High school students will attend from 8:30 a.m., to 11.30 a.m., with a
session planned from noon to 1:30 p.m , for adults in the community who are interested in furthering their education
the event is co-sponsored by Empire of America; Goldome; Chase Lincoln First Bank; Citibank; Northstar. N. A.; Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.; and First Federal Bank of Rochester.
Representatives of some 200 colleges which will have exhibits on display and the sponsoring banks, will be honored at a luncheon at noon.
Dialogue Set With
Nat’l. New Alliance
Party Chief, EditorBy ABDULLAH LUOMAN
The New Alliance Party (NAP) will run an Independent slate in the General Election, headed by Herbert X Blyden and John E. Hemphill, for Councilmen- at-large positions and Arthur Williams, for the Third Legislative District.
Officer Hemphill, an Independent Democrat, received 16,679 votes in the primary. He will have the Republican endorsement, along with the New Alliance Party's Independent line in the General Election.
“ I've run many campaigns in the past, but I always ran those campaigns as a protest,” said lifelong resident Hemphill. "What is powerful about running the NAP, is that now I'm running with a party that's doing something real for people and giving them the tools they need to fight with.”
"Buffalo is no different from many other cities throughout the country. Working people. Blacks, progressives — all give their votes to the Democratic Party and we get nothing in return,” said Elyse Mendel, NAP local coordinator. “ It is important that people here see the real need for New Alliance Party. . .and folks here are ready to build it.”
Columnist Eva Doyle and other staff members of the Criterion will participate in the dialogue, provided by the African-American Press Club.
Dr. Lenora FulamDr. Lenora Fulam, the National
spokesperson of the New Alliance Party, will stop by the home of the Editor of the Buffalo Criterion on Friday afternoon to answer questions and possibly get input from the 63-year-old family newspaper.
Among the things that Dr Fulani and the editor will discuss in details will be that two roads are better than one plan, concerning the candidacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson.
" I spoke with Rev. Jesse Jackson about the issue of the 1988 Presidential campaign when we were both in Albany for the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus. Jesse told me that if he runs for the Presidency, he is committed to doing so in the Democratic Party Primaries,” said Dr Lenora Fulani, spokesperson for NAP, at a meeting in the Little Harlem Hotel.
"Brother Jackson laid out the details of a bold and compelling plan for that campaign, which I fully support. But the racism of the Democratic Party, makes the chances of Jesse winning the nomination near impossible We are not willing to bury the Rainbow movement under the White supremacist banner of the Democratic Party. In 1988, we must have a pre-arranged plan, a plan which guarantees that our struggle for empowerment goes through November, 1988 and beyond.”
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